Community lost : the state, civil society, and displaced survivors of hurricane Katrina /

"Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Angel, Ronald, Bell, Holly, Beausoleil, Julie, Lein, Laura
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Emergency management > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Disaster relief > Government policy > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Disaster victims > Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Ouragan Katrina, 2005.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Politique gouvernementale > Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis)
Victimes de catastrophes > Mexique, Côte du golfe du (États-Unis)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Disaster relief > Government policy
Disaster victims
Emergency management
United States > Gulf Coast
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: in the shadow of T.H. Marshall : social capital, social rights, and sources of vulnerability among the poor
  • After the storm : the state, civil society, and the response to Katrina
  • An emerging methodology for a crisis situation
  • Life before the storm : the old community
  • Evacuation and arrival in Austin
  • The limited transportability of social capital
  • NGOs and the grassroots response
  • The state and basic welfare : housing, employment, and identification
  • Health care and the limitations of civil society
  • The new social contract : the state, civil society and social capital.

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